Planning committee is a formal meeting of councillors who make decisions on certain planning applications. The committee is usually held every four weeks. Meetings generally start at 4pm at Castle House. You can view previous or upcoming agendas, minutes and reports on our website.
The reasons why some planning applications go to planning committee and some don't are explained on our planning decisions page. You can view the agenda for future meetings on our website. Copies of the reports are available five working days before the date of committee copies are not made available to the public at the meeting.
The Council has a duty to consider all material planning considerations up to the point of a decision being made. That often means that late information, such as information submitted between the agenda being published and the actual decision being made, is submitted. Such information, when received is made available to Committee Members either electronically or in paper 2 days prior to the meeting.
Additional information received after this time is verbally presented by Officers. Copies of what has been received is also published alongside the agenda.
The receipt of later information may mean that a matter is deferred. We permit public speaking in accordance with the Protocol for Planning Committee PDF File, kb People wish to speak to Planning Committee need to a have commented on the application at the time it is published on the committee agenda and b register 72 hours before the meeting via this form.
